Mark Harelik

Early life

Harelik was born in Hamilton, Texas.

In 1909, Harelik's Russian Jewish grandfather, Haskell Harelik—upon whom Harelik's 1985 play, The Immigrant, is based—immigrated to Galveston, Texas.

Career

In 1987, he moved to Los Angeles where he co-wrote, with Randal Myler, Hank Williams: Lost Highway. In 1990, he worked in the Howard Korder play Search and Destroy and the William Ball play Cherry Orchard.

Harelik has appeared in the films Election, Jurassic Park III, Eulogy, For Your Consideration, and 42. For animation; he was the voice of Queen Uberta’s valet, Lord Rogers, in The Swan Princess. Harelik has played parts on the television series Seinfeld, Numbers, Wings, Grace Under Fire, Will & Grace, NCIS, Grey's Anatomy, Boy Meets World, Breaking Bad, Bones, Six Feet Under and five episodes of the first season of The Big Bang Theory as Dr. Eric Gablehauser. He also played Sara Tancredi's lawyer in Prison Break. He appeared on the series finale of Cheers, in a 2002 episode of Joss Whedon's Angel as Count Kurushu, and "Counterpoint" an episode of Star Trek: Voyager. He also appeared in five episodes of short-lived NBC series Awake.

In 2015, he appeared under his own name as an actor hired by the Heavenly host to play God then later as God himself in the TV series Preacher.

Harelik appeared in the Broadway musical The Light in the Piazza. Harelik's play, The Immigrant, has been well-received, and was adapted into a musical of the same name.

In 1997, he released a sequel, The Legacy, changing it from a true story to fiction. He has appeared in several other plays including Temptation (1989), The Heidi Chronicles (1991), Elmer Gantry (1991), Tartuffe (1999), Old Money (2000), The Hollow Lands (2000), Be Aggressive, The Beard of Avon (2001), Cyrano de Bergerac (2004). Harelik also played Dr. Paul Stickley in HBO's series Getting On, an American adaptation of the British sitcom of the same name.

In 2015, Harelik co-starred as Jamie Thompson's father in This Isn't Funny, and in 2017, he played baseball player Hank Greenberg in the film Battle of the Sexes. In 2024, he was cast as Dr. Hiruluk from One Piece.

Personal life

He is married to actress Spencer Kayden, who has acted in theatre productions alongside him. They have one child.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

• 2005 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Book of a Musical — The Immigrant (nominee)
• 2003 Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Musical — Hank Williams: Lost Highway (nominee)
• 2011 Lunt-Fontanne Fellow at Ten Chimneys Foundation

Publications

• The Immigrant
• The Legacy

References

References

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2. Rickwald, Bethany. (September 25, 2012). "Greyssan Felipe, Janet Weakly to Appear in Miami Beach Stage Door Theatre's ''The Immigrant''". theatermania.com.
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5. Churnin, Nancy. (June 10, 1990). "William Ball Stays Up After the Fall". [[Los Angeles Times]].
6. Elyse Sommer. "Light In the Piazza, a CurtainUp review".
7. Brown, Dennis. (June 9, 2011). "Immigration Mensch: Mark Harelik's tribute to his grandfather is a modest and charming gem". riverfronttimes.com.
8. Breslauer, Jan. (July 13, 1997). "Addressing Unfinished Business". [[Los Angeles Times]].
9. Arkatov, Janice. (June 25, 1989). "Looking for the Real Item". [[Los Angeles Times]].
10. Rousuck, J. Wynn. (March 29, 1991). "Artistic themes come to life in Wasserstein's 'Heidi Chronicles'". baltimoresun.com.
11. Drake, Sylvie. (October 22, 1991). "STAGE REVIEW: 'Elmer Gantry' as Paradox: A Ruthless Rogue Is Born Again in La Jolla Musical". [[Los Angeles Times]].
12. Shirley, Don. (January 18, 1999). "'Tartuffe' Resonates in the Now". [[Los Angeles Times]].
13. Dominguez, Robert. (December 8, 2000). "Wasserstein time-travels over & over same ground". New York Daily News.
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20. Propst, Andy. (December 6, 2010). "Rick Foucheux, Mark Harelik, Austin Pendleton, et al. Named 2011 Lunt-Fontanne Fellows". theatermania.com.
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